Fox host Hannity bets against Angels, will wear Trout jersey on air if he loses

<b>Leeann Tweeden</b> has been modeling and appearing on TV for years, but her greatest achievement might be getting <b>Sean Hannity</b> to wear an Angels jersey at the end of the season. Will it happen? In the meantime, click on the photo to see more photos of Tweeden throughout the years.PHOTOS BY GETTY IMAGES

If the Yankees have the better season (with "better" still to be codified, but generally meaning who advances further in the playoffs), Tweeden has to appear during a regular segment she does on the "Hannity" TV program, wearing a Derek Jeter jersey. If the Angels fare better, Hannity will don that Trout jersey.

"I would love that," Tweeden said. "Please. Oh my God. Come on, Angels. And the Angels are picking it up. The Yankees have lost Pettitte and Sabathia. This is our chance to catch up."

A mix of bikinis and sports

Tweeden, 39, gained stardom through her modeling career, appearing on the covers of Maxim, FHM and Playboy. But she knows her sports, too. For years she was more than just the token babe on "The Best Damn Sports Show Period" on Fox, with Tom Arnold, John Kruk and John Salley. Whether she was wearing a catcher's mask or a car-racing helmet, the self-described tomboy had to prove herself – to jocks and to jock-watchers at home.

"Before I opened my mouth, it was like, 'OK, what does she have to say?' But I'd interview someone for a second, and they'd get it right away. They realized I wasn't stupid, that I did my homework, and I knew what I was talking about."

She met a great many athletes, including one she never expected: While trying to get to Game 2 of the 2003 World Series at Yankee Stadium, she got stuck at the Long Beach airport when her flight was cancelled. She phoned JetBlue, frantic. "I said, 'I've got to get to New York because I'm going to the World Series. Then I hear this guy behind me, and he said, 'Yeah, me too!' "

That guy was Jered Weaver, who was a 21-year-old junior at Long Beach State. Jered was trying to get to the World Series to see his brother Jeff pitch for the Yankees; Tweeden knew Jeff from her work on "The Best Damn Sports Show."

She and Jered got on a flight the next day. "He and his roommate let me stay on the couch," she said.

A man in uniform

Ever since she got on TV, men have never really stopped hitting on Tweeden. "It doesn't even faze me anymore. It's just part of the deal."

In 2003 she started dating the same guy who shut out the Yankees in Game 6 of that World Series she was trying so hard to get to. That was Josh Beckett.

They broke up in late 2004. That was just before Tweeden departed for a whirlwind six-stop USO tour to entertain American troops stationed in Kuwait, Iraq, Afghanistan and Germany. Tweeden had been using her celebrity to support the troops since the 9/11 attacks, and on this trip she was accompanied by Robin Williams, John Elway and Gen. Richard B. Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Tweeden emceed the shows, and when it was time for the troupe to fly from northern Iraq to Kuwait and eventually home, she discovered that an Air Force pilot she'd met back in the States, Capt. Chris Dougherty, happened to be the one flying them aboard a C-130 transport plane.

"I sat up in the cockpit with him, and in the meantime Robin Williams is up there, talking to the crew on the radio. And in the back, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs is throwing footballs with John Elway," Tweeden said. "From that moment I knew I wanted to date Chris, and when we landed I totally pursued him."

She and Dougherty were married on July 4, 2010, in Virginia, and they live in L.A. He's now a JetBlue pilot while also serving in the California Air National Guard.

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Leeann Tweeden has been modeling and appearing on TV for years, but her greatest achievement might be getting Sean Hannity to wear an Angels jersey at the end of the season. Will it happen? In the meantime, click on the photo to see more photos of Tweeden throughout the years. PHOTOS BY GETTY IMAGES
At the premiere of "Femme Fatale" in Hollywood on Nov. 4, 2002. PHOTO BY VINCE BUCCI, GETTY IMAGES
At the premiere of the George Clooney flick "Solaris" in Hollywood on Nov. 18, 2002. PHOTO BY JON KOPALOFF, GETTY IMAGES
The full view of Tweeden, wearing desert-camo trousers. 2002 was the year Tweeden became a full-time cast member of "Best Damn Sports Show Period," so you can see why she was photographed so much that year. PHOTO BY JON KPALOFF, GETTY IMAGES
At the Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year Award in New York on Dec. 10, 2002. Lance Armstrong was the honoree. PHOTO BY KEITH BEDFORD, GETTY IMAGES
One of Tweeden's big breaks on TV came as part of the cast of "Fitness Beach" on ESPN in the '90s. But she also got men's pulses racing in layouts for Maxim, FHM and Playboy. Here she is helping launch the December 2002 issue of Maxim at the Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. PHOTO BY JON KOPALOFF, GETTY IMAGES
Winning the "Cadillac Super Bowl Grand Prix" in downtown San Diego on Jan. 25, 2003, one of her duties as correspondent for "Best Damn Sports Show Period." PHOTO BY ROBERT MORA, GETTY IMAGES
The same day she attended the Maxim Magazine Heats Up the Super Bowl in Maximville, USA party in San Diego. PHOTO BY JON KOPALOFF, GETTY IMAGES
Here she shows off one of the garments on offer at the Frederick's of Hollywood fall fashion show in L.A. on April 1, 2003. PHOTO BY FREDERICK M. BROWN, GETTY IMAGES
Extreme close-up! Also at the Frederick's fashion show. PHOTO BY FREDERICK M. BROWN, GETTY IMAGES
At FHM's "Sexiest Party of the Year" on June 5, 2003. Was it really the sexiest party of the year? Perhaps. PHOTO BY ROBERT MORA, GETTY IMAGES
Tweeden has gone on several USA tours in the Persian Gulf region. Here she is at right with Chelly Wright (left) and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos entertaining U.S. troops in Baghdad on June 19, 2003, right after the start of the war in Iraq. PHOTO BY MARCO DI LAURO, GETTY IMAGES
At Maxim magazine's "Circus Maximus" party in Houston on Jan. 30, 2004. PHOTO BY EVAN AGOSTINI, GETTY IMAGES
Batting during the MLB Legends and Celebrity softball game at Minute Maid Park in Houston on July 11, 2004, part of the All-Star activities. PHOTO BY JED JACOBSOHN, GETTY IMAGES
On a return engagement to Iraq, she helps break ground on a USO center named for Pat Tillman in Baghdad on Dec. 16, 2004. To Tweeden's right are John Elway and Robin Williams. PHOTO BY MIKE THEILER, USO, VIA GETTY IMAGES
At Maxim's "Maximony" Super Bowl party on Feb. 5, 2005 in Jacksonville, Fla. PHOTO BY EVAN AGOSTINI, GETTY IMAGES
At the Stuff Magazine Party at the Detroit Science Center on July 10, 2005. PHOTO BY CHRISTIAN PETERSEN, GETTY IMAGES
Saluting the troops at Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan on Aug. 19, 2005. This is the photo Tweeden uses on her official Twitter account. PHOTO BY STAFF SGT. D. MYLES CULLEN
At the FHM Players Party in Detroit on Feb. 2, 2006. PHOTO BY BILL PUGLIANO, GETTY IMAGES
At Maxim's 100th issue party in Las Vegas on April 8, 2006. PHOTO BY MICHAEL BUCKNER, GETTY IMAGES
Greeting teammates, including the great Ozzie Smith, during the All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game at PNC Park in Pittsburgh on July 9, 2006. PHOTO BY JAMIE SQUIRE, GETTY IMAGES
Tweeden should be the honorary captain for the National League every year. PHOTO BY JAMIE SQUIRE, GETTY IMAGES
Escorting Capt. Kendrick Neal of the U.S. Marine Corps at the inaugural "Arby's Action Sports Awards" in Burbank on Nov. 30, 2006. PHOTO BY KEVIN WINTER, GETTY IMAGES
Tweeden did such a good job at the 2006 Taco Bell Legends & Celebrity Softball Game that she got invited back for the 2007 game at AT&T Park in San Francisco on July 8, 2007. PHOTO BY JED JACOBSOHN, GETTY IMAGES
At the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's 24th annual Sports Spectacular in L.A. on June 7, 2009. PHOTO BY KEVIN WINTER, GETTY IMAGES
Tweeden with Jered Weaver when she was host of "Angels Weekly" during the 2011 season. PHOTO FROM THINKREDINSTEAD.BLOGSPOT.COM
At a fashion show in West Hollywood on Nov. 19, 2011. PHOTO BY FREDERICK M. BROWN, GETTY IMAGES
Tweeden attends the Aces & Angels celebrity poker tournament in Indianapolis before the Super Bowl on Feb. 3, 2012. The event benefited wounded servicemen. PHOTO BY STEPHEN COHEN, GETTY IMAGES
Just a few weeks before her 39th birthday, Tweeden attended the 27th Annual Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Sports Spectacular at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza hotel on May 20, 2012. PHOTO BY FREDERICK M. BROWN, GETTY IMAGES

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